284 SMILACACEAE 
11. Smilax Moróngii Small. Stems high-climbing, terete, branched ; branches more 
or less angled, slightly zigzag: leaves numerous; petioles 4-8 mm. long, stout, their 
sheaths 1-4 their length, sometimes ciliolate; blades leathery, elliptic, 5-10 cm. long, 
abruptly acute or cuspidate at the apex, smooth-margined, often rounded at the base, 
minutely pellucid-punctate: peduncles 12-16 mm. long, stout, angled, becoming flattened : 
pedicels 6-8 mm. long: berries subglobose, 6-10 mm. in diameter, often 4-6, red, 3-seeded. 
[ S. megacarpa Morong, not A. DC.] 
In pine lands, Duval County, Florida. 
12. Smilax laurifólia L. Stems high-climbing, terete, armed with strong, straight 
spines; branches angled, unarmed : leaves evergreen, numerous: stipular sheath 4-3 as 
long as the petiole, smooth or ciliolate ; blades leathery, elliptic, oblong or oblong-lanceo- 
late or rarely linear, 5-15 cm. long, acute or cuspidate at the apex, somewhat lustrous 
above, 3-nerved, smooth margined, minutely pellucid-punctate, acute at the base: pedun- 
cles 4-20 mm. long, usually shorter than the petioles, angled: pedicels 6-30, often 4-6 
mm. long: receptacle subglobose, 2-4 mm. in diameter: sepals and petals oblong, those of 
staminate flowers 5-6 mm. long, those of pistillate flowers shorter: berries ovoid or globose- 
ovoid, 4-6 mm. long, often 8-12, commonly white during the first year, becoming black, 
mostly 1-seeded. 
In swamps and moist thickets, New Jersey to Arkansas, Florida and Texas. Spring to fall. Fruit 
ripening the second year. 
13. Smilax lata Small. Stems branching, glabrous, often climbing to the tops of 
trees, commonly armed ; branches often unarmed ; branchlets zigzag: leaves numerous ; 
blades suborbicular to oblong, obovate to ovate, not twice as long as broad at maturity, 
cuspidate and sometimes retuse at the apex, not at all or barely auricled at the base, some- 
what reticulated, dull in age: peduncles as long as the petioles or slightly longer: pedi- 
cels 4-8 mm. long at maturity: sepals and petals greenish, various, those of staminate 
flowers 4-5 mm. long, those of pistillate flowers broader, 2-2.5 mm. long: berries subglo- 
bose, 6-8 mm. in diameter, black. 
In or near hammocks, peninsular Florida and the Keys. Spring. 
14. Smilax pümila Walt. Stemsterete, weak, trailing or reclining, 3-10 dm. long, 
unarmed, simple or sparingly branched, clothed with a soft, often fuzzy, pubescence : leaves 
quite numerous; stipular sheath 1— as long as the petiole and pubescent like it and 
the tendrils ; blades thinnish, ovate-oval or oblong, 5-10 cm. long, acute, or mucronate 
at the apex, often white-pubescent beneath, glabrous and lustrous or sparingly pubescent 
above, pellucid-punctate and sometimes lineolate, 3-5-nerved, cordate at the base ; pedun- 
cles 4-16 mm. long, pubescent : pedicels 6-30, about 2 mm. long: receptacle globose, 2-3 
mm. broad, hairy : sepals and petals yellowish green, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, those of 
staminate flowers 2-3 mm. long, those of pistillate flowers shorter, all delicate, recurved : 
berries ovoid, 5-8 mm. long, pointed, red, each with one yellow seed. 
Indry pine lands, South Carolina to Floridaand Louisiana. Fall. Fruit ripening the second year. 
15. Smilax Beyrichii Kunth. Stems trailing or climbing over trees, terete or ob- 
scurely angled below ; branches angled, often square, zigzag, armed like the stem with 
stout, scattered spines, or naked: leaves various, numerous; stipular sheath 3 as long as 
the petiole, with glabrous‘or ciliolate margins ; blades leathery, lustrous on both sides, 2-10 
em. long, ovate, oblong or fiddle-shaped, more or Jess strongly auricled or dilated at the 
base, prominently reticulated, abruptly pointed or mucronate, with a thick marginal nerve: 
peduncles stout, fully as long as the petioles or shorter: pedicels 7-40, 4-8 mm. long, at 
maturity straight: receptacle 2.5-3 mm. in diameter: flowers fragrant : sepals and petals 
yellowish green, various, those of the staminate flowers linear or nearly so, about 5 mm. 
long, those of pistillate flowers oval or oblong, 2-2.5 mm. long: berries subglobose, 3-6 
mm. in diameter, black, 1-3-seeded. [S. auriculata Walt.?] 
nai In pine lands, North Carolina to Florida and Alabama. Springand summer. Fruit ripening the 
rst year. 
16. Smilax Havanénsis Jacq. Stems trailing or high-climbing, angled, usually 
armed with small stout hooked prickles, zigzag: leaves numerous: stipular sheath equal- 
ling the petiole, smooth-margined or ciliolate to bristly ; blades firm, orbicular-ovate to 
ovate-elliptic or oblong, 2.5-5 em. long, 3-7-nerved, mucronate and sometimes notched as 
well, spiny-toothed on the nerves beneath and the callous-nerved margins, narrowed, 
rounded or subcordate at the base, reticulated: peduncles stout, about as long as the 
petioles, angled: pedicels 4-30, 1-2 mm. long: receptacle depressed, 2-6 mm. broad: 
sepals and petals oblong, those of staminate flowers 1.5 mm. long, those of pistillate 1 
mm. long: berries subglobose, 4-6 mm. in diameter. 
In pine woods and on coral rock, southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in the West 
Indies and Mexico. Spring. 
